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    Catalan Nationalism Means More European Division

    An accident of history is suddenly top of mind for modern Europe.
    by David Frum Sep 30, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Jon Nazca / Reuters

    Catalans speak their own language. They are than their fellow citizens in the rest of Spain, and thus contribute more to the national budget than they receive back. They carry unhappy memories of by centralizing governments in Madrid. The Franco dictatorship of 1939-1975 harshly suppressed their culture, identity, and political and civil liberties. It’s a pure accident of history that Catalonia ended up inside the Kingdom of Spain at all. Portugal successfully broke away in the

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